Salvador Dali on "What's My Line?"
via Stephen Fry
23narchy.com
smile, breathe and go slowly
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Flesh Furniture by Jessica Harrison
Whose living room wouldn't be improved by this beautiful and practical furniture? See the full range here.
Tate Britain exhibits hand-coloured William Blake miniatures
The Guardian has a good article on the eight miniature, hand-coloured etchings by William Blake, which were discovered hidden between the pages of a railway timetable and have gone on show for the first time at the Tate Modern.
via our art correspondent Mike Shreeve
Twin Peaks Weekender, 23 - 24 October 2010, Battersea Arts Centre
To mark the 20th anniversary of David Lynch's groundbreaking TV experience Twin Peaks, Battersea Arts Centre are hosting a "Lynch Lock-in" comprising installations, performances and a 30 hour all-nighter screening of the complete Twin Peaks!
More information here.
via Mei Yau Kan
Arcana V: music, magic and mysticism
This looks like a good read. Edited by John Zorn and featuring most of the usual suspects...
"For centuries musicians have tapped into mysticism, magic and alchemy, embracing ritual, spell, incantation and prayer, and experimenting with esoteric approaches to harmony, pitch and vibration. In recent decades, avant-garde musicians have rediscovered these overlaps, as occultism has reinvented itself--through Buddhist and other Asian influences, Thelema and Chaos Magic--to accommodate cultural strains from psychedelica through Punk and Industrial music. This special edition of John Zorn's much acclaimed Arcana series focuses on the magical aspects of the act of making music. Neither historical overview nor musicological study, it illuminates the sympathies between music and the esoteric tradition with the help of today's finest experimental musicians and occultists. Among these are William Breeze, Gavin Bryars, Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Sharon Gannon, Larkin Grimm, William Kiesel, Yusef Lateef, Frank London, Meredith Monk, Mark Nauseef, Pauline Oliveros, Genesis P-Orridge, Terry Riley, David Toop, Greg Wall, Peter Lamborn Wilson and Z'ev."
Available direct from the publisher as well as at Amazon UK and Amazon US.
Helmets
Flylashes - eyelashes made of fly legs
via vimeo.com
NON to play live in New York 22 July 2010
There's a rare opportunity to see Boyd Rice's NON play a live show on 22 July 2010 at Le Poisson Rouge, supported by Jet Fueled Horses and DJs David Johansen (New York Dolls), Jonathan Toubin (New York Night Train) and Peter Morcey. There will also be a World Premiere 20-minute teaser trailer for the film Iconoclast, a documentary on Boyd Rice directed by Larry Wessel. Tickets are on sale now at $15.
The film itself has its World Premiere in LA on 17 August 2010 at an event hosted by Michael Des Barres. There will be Question & Answer sessions with Boyd Rice, director of Iconoclast Larry Wessel and film director Allison Anders. No mention of the venue yet, but I expect details will follow...
Cosey Complex: interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Maria Fusco in Tank magazine
RIP Sebastian Horsley
Artist, Comme des Garçons model and author of "Dandy in the Underworld" (which was optioned for film last year by Stephen Fry's Sprout Films) was found dead this morning of a suspected heroin overdose.
Big shock this - I only saw him a few weeks ago introducing one of Current 93's Kentish Town shows...
